IRVINE, Calif. — No. 8 LMU defeated Concordia 20-14 on Friday. LMU scored seven goals in the first quarter to begin an offensive onslaught that never slowed down.
The Lions opened the scoring on
Eduardo Carraresi's goal at 7:32, and after Concordia answered with consecutive goals, LMU responded with three straight from
Josiah Yeager at 2:55,
Johnny Mendiburu at 2:14 and
Nico Furneaux at 1:53. After a Concordia goal at 1:25, the Lions put together six consecutive scores spanning the end of the first quarter and start of the second, beginning with
Caden Poulleau at :57 and ending with Carraresi at 5:38 of the second quarter. Concordia broke up the run with Dante Ianora's goal at 5:21, but LMU added goals from
Roman Saroyan at 4:10 and Furneaux at 3:09 before Concordia scored the final two goals of the half. The third quarter featured steady exchanges, with LMU getting goals from
Mateo Obando,
Luka Dimic,
Bence Barics,
Gabrijel Burburan and
Nick Leung while Concordia answered several times. Concordia scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter, but LMU closed with goals from Dimic at 1:16,
Ian Moore at :31 and Yeager at :01 to finish a 20-goal effort on 29 shots, compared with Concordia's 14 goals on 28 shots.
Eduardo Carraresi scored three goals on three shots and added two assists. Furneaux also finished with three goals on three shots and collected a steal. Dimic recorded two goals and two assists on three shots.
Jaxon Hoover added two goals, one assist and one steal.
The Lions improve to 15-6 overall and are ranked No. 8 nationally. Concordia is 16-11 overall.
Up next, LMU travels to La Jolla, Calif., to face #11 UC San Diego on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 2 p.m.
